Music, Theatre, Art, Architecture and Design Practice Test

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1. Which English composer wrote 'Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1' — to which the words of 'Land of Hope and Glory' are sung at the Last Night of the Proms?
2. Henry Purcell (1659–95) is best known as which of the following?
3. Which German-born composer became a British citizen in 1727 and wrote Water Music and Messiah?
4. Which composer wrote The Planets and is also remembered for the music to the hymn 'I vow to thee, my country'?
5. Benjamin Britten (1913–76) is best known for which works, and which festival did he found?
6. Sir William Walton (1902–83) composed marches for which two royal coronations?
7. Which TWO of the following are correctly described as British 1960s pop bands of worldwide influence?
8. Andrew Lloyd Webber is best known for which body of work?
9. What is the Proms?
10. Which annual Scottish festival is the world's biggest arts festival, with theatre and comedy at its core?
11. Which leading British contemporary art prize was established in 1984 and is named after a famous English landscape painter?
12. Who designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall — the focus of Remembrance Day commemorations?
13. Which British landscape painter is associated with the Suffolk countryside (Dedham Vale)?
14. True or false: Sir Christopher Wren is the architect who rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London in 1666.
15. Was Lancelot 'Capability' Brown an 18th-century landscape garden designer who shaped many British country estates?
16. Which 18th-century designer is famous for his high-quality furniture that remains popular and influential today?
17. Which British fashion designer is credited with popularising the miniskirt in the 1960s?
18. Which TWO of the following are identified in the handbook as leading British fashion designers of recent years?